- Date
- November 14, 1983, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wiota, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5762LAmerican AA1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831114057459A
- Case key
- 33588
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was in cruise flt at aprx 2500 ft when the eng lost power. The plt was able to restart the eng, but it ran only momentarily, then quit again. The best available place for a forced landing was a muddy, plowed field. During the landing roll, the acft nosed over on the soft terrain. An investigation revealed the fuel selector was positioned to the right tank which was found empty. Fuel was found in the left tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5762L
- Reported as
- American AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1-0162
- Airframe hours
- 1,409
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Harry Barr
- Registered owner
- Duncan Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 27, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- OSM · Des Moines, IA
- Destination
- LNK · Lincoln, NE
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,800 total · 10 in this make and model · 4,250 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OMA, 53 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.